Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later chose Feb. 14 as his ...

Statue of Burns in Dumfries town centre, unveiled in 1882. David J Black reminds us just how famous Burns was. See part one ...

Donald Trump  bragged on Truth Social that “IF PRESIDENT, I WOULD BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO THIS HORRIBLE AND RAPIDLY ...

So much going on! Will Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the Department of Government Efficiency  succeed in their supposed quests ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Abolitionist Rev. Jermain Loguen called Syracuse's Jerry Rescue of 1851 “earthquake voice through the land” against slavery.

During last year’s presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris seemed to disagree on quite a few things. One thing they agreed on — Trump reiterated his position in a ...

It’s a slip, not a fall,” Abraham Lincoln said after his loss in his legendary 1858 Illinois Senate contest against Stephen Douglas. Liz Cheney apparently has the same attitude after her ...

A powerful orator, Garnet helped shift the landscape on the abolition of slavery from trying to convince enslavers of the ...

Stephen Puleo’s biography offers a fresh glimpse into the Radical Republicans’ struggle against slavery and shines a light on ...

The Fourteenth Amendment was the product of a democratic revolutionary change that sought to put the Constitution on a ...

Plus: A Medevac jet crashed into a residential Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening, with six people on board. The black ...